OUR MISSION

We provide financial literacy education to young people (ages 11 to 15) from low-income areas. In the short time since opening its doors, KLH has conducted two financial workshops with a total of 20 young people in New York City. We work with small groups in order to maximize dialogue between students and teacher. Our workshops are 12 weeks in duration. Sessions last three hours and meet once a week. The goal of each workshop is to make sure that each student has a measurable understanding of the areas of basic finance and money related topics. We accomplish this by continuously testing/quizzing students on our teachings.

Our ultimate vision includes semi-annual workshops around the country, which will prepare youth to accumulate wealth and entrepreneurship or employment, as well as start them on the path toward home ownership. We work to “meet the young people where they are.” Since the overwhelming majority of public schools do not include basic financial literacy curricula (and, often young people do not get this type of training at home), KLH starts young people with basic financial training in order to help them develop solid financial habits that are applicable to their lives today and will serve them well in the future. We believe that if we can make financial literacy exciting and relevant to the lives of these young people, then we will spark their thirst for additional knowledge and we will be able to empower them to become economically self-sufficient.

You can help expand financial literacy by making a donation.
KLH is a 501 (c) (3), therefore all donations are tax deductable.
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